About Gene List

PF3D7_1108300 (PCD)

Genome location: Pf3D7_11_v3:362,243..363,831(+)

Genome classification: Core

Function and Localization

Product Description: pterin-4a-carbinolamine dehydratase

SignalP Peptide: N/A

# Transmembrane Domains: 0

EC Numbers: 4.2.1.96 (4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin dehydratase)

Curated GO (PlasmoDB):

Type GO Term Name
Function GO:0008124 4-alpha-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin dehydratase activity

Expression by stage (LR - Le Roch et al., and MCA - Malaria Cell Atlas):

Stage LR class MCA mean MCA prop. zeros
Sporozoite no data N/A N/A
Ring no data 0.05 0.97
Trophozoite no data 0.19 0.87
Schizont no data 0.09 0.94
Gametocyte no data 0.26 0.85

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Resistome Mutations

Old (Pf3D7v3) Gene ID: PF3D7_1108300

Resistome Missense Mutations: None

Resistome Compounds with Missense Mutations: None

Resistome # Samples with Disruptive Mutations: 0 (0 missense, 0 "interesting" missense)

Essentiality (ABS)

Zhang Phenotype: Mutable in CDS

MIS: 0.916 | MFS: -0.971 | #Insertions: 2

PlasmoGEM Phenotype: N/A

RMgmDB ABS Phenotype: N/A

More info: PhenoPlasm Link

Binding Evidence

AlphaFill Uniprot ID: C6S3E6

"Best" AlphaFill ligand hit: No AlphaFill hits

BRENDA EC Inhibitors:

EC # Name EC Inhibitors
4.2.1.96 4a-hydroxytetrahydrobiopterin dehydratase glyceroldiethyldicarbonateQuinoid 6(S)-propyldihydropterinQuinoid 6(S)-methyldihydropterin

No evidence of orthology to BindingDB entries

Orthology Information

Ortholog Group (OrthoMCL): OG6_100957

Most Similar Human Ortholog: P61457

TM-align score: 0.83 | RMSD: 1.50

Seq Identity: 0.27 | Length: 95 / 107

All Human Orthologs (OrthoMCL):

Gene ID Description
ENSG00000132570 pterin-4 alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase 2
ENSG00000166228 pterin-4 alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase 1

Genetic Variation

MalariaGEN Pf7 (worldwide samples) # unique SNV/indels:

No passing variants found

PlasmoDB Total SNPs: 125

Non-coding: 121 | Synonymous: 1 | Nonsynonymous: 3 | Stop Codon: 0

Protein Information

Protein Length: 107 | Molecular Weight (kDa): 12.937

UniProt ID(s): C6S3E6, Q2Q450

PDB ID(s): None

Isoelectric Point: 9.55

Protein Domain Annotations:

Source Family ID Description
InterPro IPR001533 Pterin 4 alpha carbinolamine dehydratase
InterPro IPR036428 Pterin 4 alpha carbinolamine dehydratase superfamily
PFam PF01329 Pterin 4 alpha carbinolamine dehydratase
Superfamily SSF55248 Pterin 4 alpha carbinolamine dehydratase superfamily

Associated Publications

PMID Title Authors DOI/Link
12368864 Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Gardner MJ, Hall N, ..., Barrell B 10.1038/nature01097